The Backyard Charizard

FULL REVIEW OF ROUND 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x73C3-nUgyM * I am in no way a professional video editor but I do enjoy talking and my young kids get a kick out of seeing themselves on YouTube - Feel free to subscribe if you like Pokemon, Shopkins and the odd random video. I will continue to review the UF rounds until someone tells me to stop because it's giving them the $hits

The link to my round 3 mid-round update vlog... I was bored https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJO-sdPZ77o

I'm quietly confident but a little worried at the same time... We need to stand up and not fall into the Cats trap that I guarantee they will set for us... Geelong will often allow us to win the stoppage and the resulting clearance, but with enough pressure that it means we hack the ball forward out of the midfield where they will be planning to use their run out of the D50 to counter attack us... You watch how they do it... Winning the clearances WILL NOT win us this match! We need to be smart and our F50 pressure needs to be on point, which is why I think we have picked the side we have for this one... We will hit a lot of forward pocket space today and hopefully lock it in with our pressure. Geelong are not that good but their senior players are really good at structuring to a plan. Im excited to see how we go and have faith in our coaching staff to avoid an embarrassment but just not 100% confident of a win... We shall see soon enough

If Hogan appealed he "may" get downgraded to 1 week... but at the end of the day he still misses the ONE week we need him most early this season! I'm more angry at our players than the bureaucracy

Nice SF reference

Hogan has his jumper sorted for when he returns...

As angry and annoyed I am about this one, the "open palm" defence won't do anything... Does this mean I can go out and, with an open hand, smash my palm into the nose of my opponent, shattering it all in the thought that I will get off due to not having a closed fist? I think not...

Unfortunately, at the end of the day, there's only two people who look like phlogs

Great.... Now i'm out for 4-6 with a neck strain

As frustrating as it is, I'm excited by the prospect of seeing how we go without a couple of key players over the coming weeks... I think we'll be fine! Let's not allow ourselves to be dee-railed by things we cannot undo. Learn, move forward and DEESTROY the opposition (legally of course)

That's because we are!

I see what you did there

Love the weed everyday

This is great! We have a huge victory but the media will almost forget about us because of Roo's injury and Essendrug winning! We just go about our business now, demolish Carlscum by 10+ goals and give the media a second opportunity next week!

From the Gameday thread I present Exhibit A... I rest my case! "No negativity here... Just the anxious feeling I get as a player and a passionate member at an all time high... I vomited 5 mins ago and 100% on task now! This could be epic people... Let's do this!"

Goody just interviewed by Roosy on Fox "You're going to see effort and intensity and it's going to be a really positive day" I hope you're right coach!

No negativity here... Just the anxious feeling I get as a player and a passionate member at an all time high... I vomited 5 mins ago and 100% on task now! This could be epic people... Let's do this!

Nerves are shot! Watching in Adelaide and need to start drinking!

The day they demolish it! With a beer in hand watching it crumble

After comparing our two sides - We are a hell of a lot stronger on paper than our last meeting! This has actually swung me from the thoughts of dealing with a loss to the thoughts of celebrating a win!

2016 @ Etihad compared to 2017 @ Etihad

I would definitely change it to First Saturday game of the round... Round 1 for sure and I don't really see an issue with leaving it like that for the season

Sydney GWS West Coast Adelaide Geelong Western Bulldogs Gold Coast Melbourne St Kilda Fremantle Collingwood Hawthorn Richmond Port Adelaide Kangaroos Essendon Brisbane Carlton

At a date of their choosing... more likely to be early hours of the morning (say 1-2am)... mentioning all injured players as 4-6 weeks... then having the list removed some 59 seconds after being published Moral of the story - Published injury lists are a waste of time and you are better of listening to the DL members with an ounce of credibility

Have we all agreed on the above change - so that we have emergencies for each position? Clock is ticking on making the changes in the league settings...